Climate at a Glance
National Rankings
Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of January 2021. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
Contiguous U.S.
Precipitation Rankings, September 1976
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Period | Value | 1901-2000 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2020) |
Wettest/Driest Since |
Record |
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September 1976 1-Month |
2.45" (62.23mm) | 2.49" (63.25mm) |
-0.04" (-1.02mm) | 56th Driest | Driest since: 1969 | 1956 |
71st Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 1986 | ||||
Ties: 1938, 1982, 2001, 2019 | ||||||
Aug–Sep 1976 2-Month |
4.45" (113.03mm) | 5.11" (129.79mm) |
-0.66" (-16.76mm) | 15th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1956 |
112th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 1977 | ||||
Jul–Sep 1976 3-Month |
7.19" (182.63mm) | 7.88" (200.15mm) |
-0.69" (-17.52mm) | 21st Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1930 |
106th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 1915 | ||||
Jun–Sep 1976 4-Month |
9.96" (252.98mm) | 10.81" (274.57mm) |
-0.85" (-21.59mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1956 | 1930 |
103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 1915 | ||||
May–Sep 1976 5-Month |
12.89" (327.41mm) | 13.72" (348.49mm) |
-0.83" (-21.08mm) | 27th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1956 |
100th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 1915 | ||||
Ties: 1913 | ||||||
Apr–Sep 1976 6-Month |
15.18" (385.57mm) | 16.24" (412.50mm) |
-1.06" (-26.93mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1956 |
103rd Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 1915 | ||||
Ties: 2002 | ||||||
Mar–Sep 1976 7-Month |
17.75" (450.85mm) | 18.75" (476.25mm) |
-1.00" (-25.40mm) | 27th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1956 |
100th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 1973 | ||||
Feb–Sep 1976 8-Month |
19.64" (498.86mm) | 20.88" (530.35mm) |
-1.24" (-31.49mm) | 25th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1930 |
102nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
Jan–Sep 1976 9-Month |
21.40" (543.56mm) | 23.20" (589.28mm) |
-1.80" (-45.72mm) | 18th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1934 |
109th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
Dec 1975–Sep 1976 10-Month |
23.51" (597.15mm) | 25.54" (648.72mm) |
-2.03" (-51.57mm) | 16th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1931 |
110th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
Nov 1975–Sep 1976 11-Month |
25.79" (655.07mm) | 27.77" (705.36mm) |
-1.98" (-50.29mm) | 22nd Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1934 |
104th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
Oct 1975–Sep 1976 12-Month |
28.09" (713.49mm) | 29.94" (760.48mm) |
-1.85" (-46.99mm) | 24th Driest | Driest since: 1966 | 1934 |
102nd Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
Apr 1975–Sep 1976 18-Month |
45.81" (1,163.57mm) | 46.20" (1,173.48mm) |
-0.39" (-9.91mm) | 48th Driest | Driest since: 1971 | 1931 |
78th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
Oct 1974–Sep 1976 24-Month |
61.04" (1,550.42mm) | 59.92" (1,521.97mm) |
1.12" (28.45mm) | 74th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1918 |
51st Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2020 | ||||
Oct 1973–Sep 1976 36-Month |
93.68" (2,379.47mm) | 89.87" (2,282.70mm) |
3.81" (96.77mm) | 98th Driest | Driest since: 1972 | 1956 |
26th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
Oct 1972–Sep 1976 48-Month |
128.83" (3,272.28mm) | 119.78" (3,042.41mm) |
9.05" (229.87mm) | 113th Driest | Driest since: 1974 | 1956 |
10th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2019 | ||||
Oct 1971–Sep 1976 60-Month |
159.67" (4,055.62mm) | 149.66" (3,801.36mm) |
10.01" (254.26mm) | 111th Driest | Driest since: 1974 | 1956 |
11th Wettest | Wettest since: 1975 | 2020 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: National Time Series, published February 2021, retrieved on March 6, 2021 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/